Peter Yates

Diretor, Produtor, Escritor

24 de julho de 1929 — 9 de janeiro de 2011 (81 anos)
Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.

The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. In the 1950s he started in the movie industry as a dubbing assistant and later an assistant director for Tony Richardson.

Summer Holiday (1963), his first film as director, was a "lightweight" vehicle for Cliff Richard. Yates had directed the original Royal Court production of N. F. Simpson's play One Way Pendulum and was chosen to make the film version released in 1964. Robbery (1967), a crime thriller, is a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. This led to Bullitt (1968), of which Bruce Weber has written, "Mr. Yates’s reputation probably rests most securely on “Bullitt” (1968), his first American film — and indeed, on one particular scene, an extended car chase that instantly became a classic."

Yates was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Bullitt (1968). Yates produced and directed Breaking Away (1979), which was nominated for five Academy Awards ("Oscars") including Best Director and Best Film for Yates. Yates also produced and directed The Dresser (1983), which was an adaptation of the Ronald Harwood stage play. The film received seven BAFTA and five Oscar nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and for Best Direction and the Academy Award for Best Film and for Best Director for Yates. The Dresser was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.

Yates died in London on 9 January 2011. He was 81 years old.

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Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • O Santo
    O Santo6 temporadas
  • O Anfitrião
    O Anfitrião1960
  • Danger Man
    Danger Man3 temporadas

Conhecido Por

  • Bullitt
    Bullitt1968
  • O Vencedor
    O Vencedor1979
  • Krull
    Krull1983
  • Os Canhões de Navarone
    Os Canhões de Navarone1961
  • O Fundo do Mar
    O Fundo do Mar1977
  • O Fiel Camareiro
    O Fiel Camareiro1983
  • Os Amigos de Eddie Coyle
    Os Amigos de Eddie Coyle1973
  • Sob Suspeita
    Sob Suspeita1987
  • Os Quatro Picaretas
    Os Quatro Picaretas1972
  • Testemunha Fatal
    Testemunha Fatal1981
  • Seu Último Combate
    Seu Último Combate1971
  • Emergência Maluca
    Emergência Maluca1976
  • Um Gosto de Mel
    Um Gosto de Mel1961
  • Pesadelo na Rua Carroll
    Pesadelo na Rua Carroll1988
  • Nossa, Que Loucura!
    Nossa, Que Loucura!1974
  • John e Mary
    John e Mary1969
  • Os 26 do Expresso Postal
    Os 26 do Expresso Postal1967
  • Dupla Sem Par
    Dupla Sem Par1995
  • O Anfitrião
    O Anfitrião1960
  • Tudo Começou em Paris
    Tudo Começou em Paris1963

Filmography